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authorSanjeev Gupta <ghane0@gmail.com>2013-11-25 10:36:43 +0800
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2013-11-24 21:41:58 -0500
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@@ -165,8 +165,10 @@ because the hotplug system will have done it for you. You should be
able to start a test client (such as <code>cgps</code> or <code>xgps</code>)
and watch it report fixes.</p>
-<p>5. If your test client fails to run, a good test to try is to run
-<code>gpsmon</code> on the device (give it the device path as an
+<p>5. If your test client fails to run, a good test to try is to,
+after stopping any instances of gpsd that are running
+(eg, <code>killall gpsd</code> ),
+run <code>gpsmon</code> on the device (give it the device path as an
argument). If yours reports no data at all, you probably have some
low-level system problem with serial or USB that you'll need to fix
before <code>gpsd</code> will operate.</p>
@@ -228,10 +230,10 @@ due to a GPSD bug or design error.</p>
<p>You probably have a badly-written or buggy app installed that is
running in background, keeping gpsd awake by keeping a client session
-to it constantly open; this can happen if the app is using "Detailed
-Localization" rather than computing its location the cheaper way using
-cell-tower signal strengths. What you need to do is identify that app
-and remove it.</p>
+to it constantly open; this can happen if the app is using "Fine
+Location" rather than computing its location the cheaper way using
+cell-tower signal strengths ("Coarse Location"). What you need to
+do is identify that app, and decide if you wish to remove it.</p>
<p>See <a href="http://www.bitdirect.nl/?p=47">this blog post</a> for
a procedure for hunting down the bad app. In this particular case it